Manchester City will not be able to turn to VAR in next season's Champions League because it doesn't meet UEFA standards.

Pep Guardiola felt his side were on the end of a number of incorrect decisions in both legs of their European quarter-final with Liverpool, with his protests at Leroy Sane's disallowed goal at the Etihad getting him sent to the stands for the second half.

UEFA chief refereeing officer Pierluigi Collina, echoing the thoughts of president Aleksander Ceferin, admitted that it was a clear mistake not to award the Sane goal and believes refereeing standards in the competition have slipped.

But there still is no enough appetite to turn to video-assisted refereeing next season.

“With all respect to other competitions, we care about the Champions League,” Collina told the Telegraph.

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“We cannot say that because it is not easy we mustn’t do it. We will work and go through all details but it takes time. When it happens will depends on of we are ready or not.

"The league with the biggest revenue in the world [the Premier League] wants to be sure before they start with VAR – we are the same.”

City have been frustrated in their efforts to introduce VAR for domestic games. The club voted to introduce it into the Premier League for next season but were defeated as clubs, including United and Chelsea, opted against it.